NLMK Group has embarked on a project to implement stamp-charging technology at an operating coke oven battery at Altai-Koks, a leading Russian manufacturer of metallurgical coke. This project, which is worth a total of 3.3 billion rubles, will boost coke quality and reduce the cost of its production, and improve the environmental footprint of operations.…
DetailsPolice officers detained a local council member in Jalal-Abad on the fact of a rally and arson of a gold extraction plant in Toguz-Toro district, Interior Ministry Department for the region reported. He was detained on suspicion of organizing riots. “Investigation is underway. The suspect was placed in a pretrial detention center. The court chose…
DetailsPrices of gold and silver decreased in Azerbaijan on October 9, according to the data published by the Central Bank. The price of gold fell by 10.0554 manats, to 2,025.261 manats per ounce on October 9 compared to the price on October 8. The price of silver dropped by 0.1415 manats, to 24.5072 manats per…
DetailsSeverniy Mining and Processing Works has already spent 1.5 billion UAH this year to increase efficiency of the manufacture, replace machinery and improve working conditions. 1 billion UAH more is planned to have been invested by the end of the year. This year the company has purchased 11 BelAZ dump trucks and two heavy bulldozers.…
DetailsIn January-September Ukraine imported 1.12 million tons of nickel ore and concentrate, down by 16.2% YoY, valued at $54.43 million, up by 14.6%. According to the State Fiscal Service, the suppliers were Guatemala (71.02%) and Indonesia (28.98%). In the reporting period Ukraine did not export or re-export nickel ore and concentrate, just like in 9…
DetailsIn January-September Ukraine decreased imports of manganese ore and concentrate by 16.9% YoY, to 743.13 thousand tons, valued at $144.83 million, down by 1.1%. According to the State Fiscal Service, the main suppliers were Ghana (56.4%), Republic of South Africa (20.96%) and Russia (15.15%). In 9 months Ukraine decreased exports and re-exports of manganese ore…
DetailsIn January-September Ukraine decreased iron ore raw materials exports by 4.3% YoY, to 27.518 million tons. According to the State Fiscal Service, exports revenue grew by 7.1%, to $2.1 billion. The main importers of Ukrainian iron ore raw materials were China (21.21%), Poland (13.74%) and Slovakia (12.39%). At the same time in 9 months Ukraine…
DetailsIn January-August Russia’s imports totaled $157.9 billion, up by 9.5% YoY. According to the Federal Customs Service, metals and metal wares accounted for 7.3% (7% last year). The import volumes of ferrous metals grew by 8.5%. At the same time the imports of steel pipes dropped by 29.4%, while of iron and unalloyed flat steel…
DetailsPetropavlovsk Plc has put into operation a floatation shop at the Malomyr mine. It will produce gold-containing concentrate – raw materials for the autoclave complex. The shop could process 3 million tons of refractory ore per year. Petropavlovsk intends to have started producing autoclaves by the end of the year. The Pokrovsky complex will be…
DetailsIn January-September Ukraine exported 4.911 million tons of carbon steel semi-finished products, up by 15.8% YoY, valued at $2.354 billion, up by 45.6%. According to the State Fiscal Service, Italy imported 34.65% of the semi-finished products, Egypt – 17.17% and Turkey – 16.7%. In 9 months Ukraine imported 33.616 thousand tons of semi-finished products valued…
DetailsIn January-September Ukraine increased copper and copper wares imports by 12.1% YoY, to $69.79 million. According to the customs statistics, copper exports also grew – by 26.3%, to $117.114 million. In September copper imports totaled $9.225 million, and exports – $5.889 million. Nickel imports in 9 months grew by 32.5%, to $73.826 million ($7.431 million…
DetailsIn January-September Dalpolymetal increased ore output by 49.2% YoY, to 623 thousand tons. This exceeds the business plan by 2.2%. Since the start of the year factory has processed 610 thousand tons of ore, up by 51.3%. The company has produced 7.7 thousand tons of lead concentrate, up by 51.7%. Zinc concentrate manufacture totaled 12.6…
DetailsThe Northeastern manufacturing and geological enterprise, a part of the state holding Rosgeologia, has finished designing the project of operations at the Deryas-Yuryaginskaya prospective field. There the company is looking for ore gold under the state contract concluded with the Department on subsoil use of the Far Eastern District. The size of the field is…
DetailsThe growth of the output and the expansion of the product portfolio made Andrometa increase its manufacturing capacities. In 2017 the company management decided to construct the fifth shop with the height of 12 meters and the size of 1.5 thousand square meters. The shop allows working with structures of the size of 1000×2000 mm…
DetailsElectrozinc has completed the annual repairs of its zinc manufacture and commissioned the main and auxiliary shops. The company has also put into operation the absorber of the sulfuric acid shop and the cooling tower of the steam power shop. “The commissioning of the absorber has completed the reconstruction of the sulfuric acid shop, which…
DetailsLukoil president Vagit Alekperov and Severstal chairman Alexei Mordashov have held a working meeting in Moscow. They discussed development of cooperation. “Severstal is an important partner for Lukoil. It is one of the leaders in Russian metal and mining industry, a company with a vast international experience. We’ve been developing cooperation since 2006, helping each…
DetailsIn January-September Ukraine increased imports of coal by 20% YoY, to 15.64 million tons. According to the State Fiscal Service, the cost of coal was $2.191 billion, up by 15.4%. Russia supplied $1.374 billion worth of coal (62.72%), USA – $670.563 million (30.59%), Canada – $86.93 million (3.97%) and other countries – $59.532 million (2.72%).…
DetailsEnergomashspetsstal has received a new order from ArcelorMittal for the manufacture of four supporting rolls for the hot-rolling mills. The rolls have to be delivered to France – to AM Atlantique et Lorraine Seremange HSM and ArcelorMittal Lorraine-Florange CSM. The first two rolls with the weight of 63.2 tons will be shipped to the customer…
DetailsIn September direct deliveries of ferrous scrap to the major Russian metal and pipe works via railroad totaled 1.43 million tons.
According to the railroad statistics, this is up by 10.43% YoY.
In January-September scrap deliveries grew by 4.4%, to 10.23 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In September sales of steel and pipes via railroad from the major metal companies dropped by 4.5% YoY, to 4.94 million tons. Delivery to the local market totaled 2.91 million tons, down by 7.4%, while exports grew by 0.1%, to 2.03 million tons. In 9 months steel sales via railroad reached 47.7 million tons, up…
DetailsIn September Russia transported 6.22 million tons of ferrous metals via railroad, up by 1.7% YoY. Deliveries to the local market dropped by 0.8%, to 3.6 million tons, while exports grew by 7.5%, to 2.21 million tons. Imports decreased by 16.8%, to 303.7 thousand tons. In January-September ferrous metals transportation reached 58.22 million tons, up…
DetailsThe Vorgashorskaya mine has become the first enterprise of Vorkutaugol to mine 2 million tons of coal this year. By the end of the year the mine intends to have extracted one more million tons of coal. The mine is the largest coal-extracting enterprise on the European part of Russia. This is also the youngest…
DetailsNizhniy Tagil Iron and Steel Works, a part of Evraz, will construct its fifth continuous casting machine. “We’re modernizing extraction systems in the mixing department, which will decrease impact on the environment. We are also planning to develop the department of continuous cast steel and have started the project of the CCM No. 5”, Evraz…
DetailsIn Q3 Zagorsky Pipe Works reached its design capacity and produced 138 thousand tons of large diameter pipes in January-September. In July the company shipped 45 thousand tons, in August – 37 thousand tons, while in September – 56 thousand tons. In particular, for Gazprom ZTZ produced 130 thousand tons, including 37 thousand tons for…
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